OPD: Man charged with child abuse

Marqalo Divonte Flores, 20, was charged with a first-degree felony charge of injury to a child causing serious bodily injury.

Marqalo Divonte Flores, 20, was charged with a first-degree felony charge of injury to a child causing serious bodily injury.

Photo: Odessa Police Department

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Marqalo Divonte Flores, 20, was charged with a first-degree felony charge of injury to a child causing serious bodily injury.

Marqalo Divonte Flores, 20, was charged with a first-degree felony charge of injury to a child causing serious bodily injury.

Photo: Odessa Police Department

OPD: Man charged with child abuse

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An Odessa man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a child abuse investigation, according to an Odessa Police Department press release.

The child has since died, according to OPD.

Marqalo Divonte Flores, 20, was charged with a first-degree felony charge of injury to a child causing serious bodily injury.

Odessa police responded at about midnight Aug. 7 to a 2-year-old boy who was unresponsive, according to the release.

An investigation revealed that the boy sustained serious bodily injury while being watched by Flores at the Park Ridge Apartments. Flores told detectives that the child had fallen off a bed onto the carpet between the bed and dresser, according to the release.

A child-abuse expert said the boy’s injuries were consistent with child abuse.

The boy was transported to Medical Center Hospital and later airlifted to University Medical Center Hospital in Lubbock with life-threatening injuries. The boy died Wednesday afternoon as of result of the injuries sustained from the abuse, according to OPD.